LONDON — Dame Edith Sitwell’s feathery hats, bohemian garb and distinctive jewels and gemstones will go under the hammer in November as part of a sale of personal effects, furnishings and interior ...

DAME EDITH SITWELL (1887-1964) proclaimed that she was not eccentric, just “more alive than most people…an unpopular electric eel in a pool…of catfish”. If not eccentric, she was certainly gloriously ...

Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was an English poet and writer, and the most prominent of the three Sitwell siblings, all of whom made important contributions to the British literary scene of the early 20th ...

THE SONG OF THE COLD (113 pp.)—Edith Sitwell— Vanguard ($2.75). A CELEBRATION FOR EDITH SITWELL (144 pp.)—Edited by José Garcia Villa—New Directions ($1.50). England’s fabulous Sitwells (Osbert, Edith ...

Edith’s eccentricity, not to mention that of her brothers and parents, may have come from the fact that the Sitwell family included among their ancestors not only kings of France and the English ...

Britain’s famous libel laws are hard on critics, fun for artists. Britain’s famous Sitwells love fun. Last month, between bombs, they had their fun in court. The Three Sitwells are not an acrobatic ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. “My hands are my face,” the English aristocrat and eccentric Edith Sitwell ...